1 100 4 https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/038e0483b1294b95ff81c5b2af2fb05f.mp3 59935b4443e8f4b9c3ba2d7a9d1e2c48 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Jazz Collection Alternative Title Jazz Collection Subject Music--United States Jazz--United States Orlando (Fla.) Description Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of jazz in Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around. The roots of jazz music began in the fields of the American South, as African-American slaves sang “call-and-response” work songs and “spirituals” to help them get through the brutal hours of forced labor. As Europeans immigrated to American cities in the late 19th century, they brought their musical traditions with them, and soon African-American musicians, such as Ernest Hogan and Scott Joplin, combined these styles with polyrhythmic African music, creating ragtime. New Orleans was an especially diverse cultural melting pot and became a place for musical experimentation by the early 1910s. European music merged with blues, folk, marching band music, and ragtime, creating a new genre called “jazz.” By the 1920s, the First Great Migration brought millions of African Americans to the urban Northeast and Midwest. Young, white Americans became enamored with jazz and blues music and the genre was soon being played on radio stations, at dancehalls, and in homes across the country. New York City, Kansas City, and Chicago began to establish their own styles of jazz. Big band swing became the most popular style of American music in the 1930s and 1940s. The most definitive feature of jazz is improvisation. The Great Depression forced many bands to cut down in size, leaving more space for intricate melodies and room for exploration. Bebop, which emerged in New York in the early 1940s, was aimed at a listening audience, rather than a dancing one, and became known as “musician’s music.” Bebop paved the way for Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz in the 1950s, when musicians, such as Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington, incorporated Latin rhythms by playing with Cuban musicians in New York. The popularity of rock music in the 1960s and 1970s led to jazz-rock fusion, which combined improvisation with rock rhythms and amplified instruments. By the 1980s, smooth jazz emerged, creating a commercial form of the genre that drew criticism from many purists, who felt that the musicians were more concerned with making money than creating art with substance. Although Florida might not be as closely associated with jazz as cities like New Orleans, Chicago, and New York City, it has made significant contributions nonetheless. Afro-Cuban jazz developed simultaneously in New York City and Havana in the early 1940s, and Florida’s Cuban immigrants had a profound cultural impact on areas like Miami and Tampa. Since its foundation in 1979, the annual Jacksonville Jazz Festival has become one of the most popular jazz festivals in the country, featuring some of the top names in the genre, such as Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Count Basie, George Benson, and Herbie Hancock. The Clearwater Jazz Holiday began around the same time and has also evolved into a major international jazz festival. In addition to the legendary Sam Rivers, who moved to Orlando in the early 1990s and continued to perform until his death in 2011, Florida has been the home to a number of prominent jazz musicians, including Cedric Wallace, Ira Sullivan, George Tucker, Nathen Page, Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis, Jackie Davis, Rich Matteson, Jeff Rupert, and the University of Central Florida’s Jazz Professors. Contributor <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a> Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/140" target="_blank">Central Florida Music History Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida. Type Collection Coverage Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club, Deauville Beach Resort, Miami Beach, Florida DeLand, Florida Young Musicians Camp, University of Miami, Miami, Florida WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Curator Cepero, Laura Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> External Reference Alkyer, Frank. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/319491298" target="_blank"> DownBeat--the Great Jazz Interviews: A 75th Anniversary Anthology</a>. New York: Hal Leonard, 2009. Gioia, Ted. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36245922" target="_blank">The History of Jazz</a>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Ward, Geoffrey C., and Ken Burns. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42404676" target="_blank">Jazz: A History of America's Music</a>. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Sound/Podcast A resource whose content is primarily intended to be rendered as audio. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title "Autumn Leaves" by Larry Coryell Alternative Title "Autumn Leaves" by Coryell Subject Orlando (Fla.) Music--United States Jazz--United States Description An audio recording of "Autumn Leaves," composed by Joseph Kosma (1905-1969) with lyrics by Jacques Prévert (1900-1977, and performed by Larry Coryell (b. 1943) live on-air on WUCF-FM on June 8, 1999. Coryell is an American jazz fusion guitarist, composer, and one of the pioneers of jazz-rock, a fusion genre that combines elements of blues, rock, country, and bop. Considered by many to be one of the greatest guitarists of all time, Coryell has shared the stage with Miles Davis (1926-1991) and Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970). He has remained active since the 1960s, recording over 100 albums. "Autumn Leaves" is a jazz and pop standard composed by Kosma in 1945. American songwriter Johnny Mercer (1909-1976) wrote English lyrics in 1947. Type Sound Source Original 7-minute and 34-second audio recording: Kosma, Joseph and Jacques Prévert. "Autumn Leaves," by Larry Coryell: <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a>, Orlando, Florida, June 8, 1999. Requires Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank"> QuickTime</a>. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/141" target="_blank">Jazz Collection</a>, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida Coverage WUCF-FM, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Creator Kosma, Joseph Prévert, Jacques Publisher <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a> Contributor Coryell, Larry Date Created 1999-06-08 Date Issued 1999-06-08 Date Copyrighted 1999-06-08 Format audio/mp3 Medium 7-minute and 34-second audio recording Mediator History Teacher Humanities Teacher Music Teacher Provenance Originally created by Joseph Kosma and Jacques Prévert, performed by Larry Coryell, and published by <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a>. Rights Holder Copyright to this resource is held by Joseph Kosma and Jacques Prévert and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only. Accrual Method Donation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a> External Reference Coryell, Larry. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/72150176" target="_blank">Improvising: My Life in Music</a>. New York: Backbeat, 2007. Autumn Leaves free jazz Jacques Prévert jazz jazz ensembles jazz fusion jazz guitarists jazz guitars jazz standard jazz-rock Larry Coryell musicians National Public Radio NPR orlando PBS pop standard post-bop Public Broadcasting Service UCF University of Central Florida WUCF-FM https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/fff8a7b681743b6c27e74b48fe485a68.mp3 c69d8cd269ef99518d9ae1338c9ce9e6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Jazz Collection Alternative Title Jazz Collection Subject Music--United States Jazz--United States Orlando (Fla.) Description Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of jazz in Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around. The roots of jazz music began in the fields of the American South, as African-American slaves sang “call-and-response” work songs and “spirituals” to help them get through the brutal hours of forced labor. As Europeans immigrated to American cities in the late 19th century, they brought their musical traditions with them, and soon African-American musicians, such as Ernest Hogan and Scott Joplin, combined these styles with polyrhythmic African music, creating ragtime. New Orleans was an especially diverse cultural melting pot and became a place for musical experimentation by the early 1910s. European music merged with blues, folk, marching band music, and ragtime, creating a new genre called “jazz.” By the 1920s, the First Great Migration brought millions of African Americans to the urban Northeast and Midwest. Young, white Americans became enamored with jazz and blues music and the genre was soon being played on radio stations, at dancehalls, and in homes across the country. New York City, Kansas City, and Chicago began to establish their own styles of jazz. Big band swing became the most popular style of American music in the 1930s and 1940s. The most definitive feature of jazz is improvisation. The Great Depression forced many bands to cut down in size, leaving more space for intricate melodies and room for exploration. Bebop, which emerged in New York in the early 1940s, was aimed at a listening audience, rather than a dancing one, and became known as “musician’s music.” Bebop paved the way for Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz in the 1950s, when musicians, such as Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington, incorporated Latin rhythms by playing with Cuban musicians in New York. The popularity of rock music in the 1960s and 1970s led to jazz-rock fusion, which combined improvisation with rock rhythms and amplified instruments. By the 1980s, smooth jazz emerged, creating a commercial form of the genre that drew criticism from many purists, who felt that the musicians were more concerned with making money than creating art with substance. Although Florida might not be as closely associated with jazz as cities like New Orleans, Chicago, and New York City, it has made significant contributions nonetheless. Afro-Cuban jazz developed simultaneously in New York City and Havana in the early 1940s, and Florida’s Cuban immigrants had a profound cultural impact on areas like Miami and Tampa. Since its foundation in 1979, the annual Jacksonville Jazz Festival has become one of the most popular jazz festivals in the country, featuring some of the top names in the genre, such as Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Count Basie, George Benson, and Herbie Hancock. The Clearwater Jazz Holiday began around the same time and has also evolved into a major international jazz festival. In addition to the legendary Sam Rivers, who moved to Orlando in the early 1990s and continued to perform until his death in 2011, Florida has been the home to a number of prominent jazz musicians, including Cedric Wallace, Ira Sullivan, George Tucker, Nathen Page, Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis, Jackie Davis, Rich Matteson, Jeff Rupert, and the University of Central Florida’s Jazz Professors. Contributor <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a> Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/140" target="_blank">Central Florida Music History Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida. Type Collection Coverage Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club, Deauville Beach Resort, Miami Beach, Florida DeLand, Florida Young Musicians Camp, University of Miami, Miami, Florida WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Curator Cepero, Laura Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> External Reference Alkyer, Frank. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/319491298" target="_blank"> DownBeat--the Great Jazz Interviews: A 75th Anniversary Anthology</a>. New York: Hal Leonard, 2009. Gioia, Ted. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36245922" target="_blank">The History of Jazz</a>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Ward, Geoffrey C., and Ken Burns. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42404676" target="_blank">Jazz: A History of America's Music</a>. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Sound/Podcast A resource whose content is primarily intended to be rendered as audio. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title "My One and Only Love" by Terry Myers Alternative Title "My One and Only Love" by Myers Subject Orlando (Fla.) Music--United States Jazz--United States Pop music Description An audio recording of "My One and Only Love," composed by Guy Wood (1911-2001) with lyrics by Robert Mellin (1902-1994), and performed by Terry Myers live on-air on WUCF-FM on August 14, 2006. Myers is a reed player from Iowa who developed a successful career in Nashville, Tennessee, and New York before moving to Central Florida, where he became a band leader at Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park and the band leader at Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Emporium at Church Street Station in Orlando. Myers has played at jazz festivals across the United States, Europe, and Asia, and is currently the director of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. "My One and Only Love" is a pop standard composed and published by Wood and Mellin in 1952 and recorded by Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) in 1953. It has since been recorded by numerous artists. Type Sound Source Original 5-minute and 58-second audio recording: Wood, Guy and Robert Mellin. "My One and Only Love," by Terry Myers: <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a>, Orlando, Florida, August 14, 2006. Requires Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank"> QuickTime</a>. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/141" target="_blank">Jazz Collection</a>, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida Coverage WUCF-FM, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Creator Wood, Guy Mellin, Robert Publisher <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a> Contributor Myers, Terry Date Created 2006-08-14 Date Issued 2006-08-14 Date Copyrighted 2006-08-14 Format audio/mp3 Extent 5.47 MB Medium 5-minute and 58-second audio recording Mediator History Teacher Humanities Teacher Music Teacher Provenance Originally created by Guy Wood and Robert Mellin, performed by Terry Myers, and published by <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a>. Rights Holder Copyright to this resource is held by Guy Wood and Robert Mellin and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only. Accrual Method Donation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a> External Reference "<a href="http://www.buddymorrowproductions.com/terry-meyers.html" target="_blank">Meet Terry Myers</a>." BuddyMorrowProductions.com. http://www.buddymorrowproductions.com/terry-meyers.html (accessed March 10, 2015). CAH Church Street Station College of Arts and Humanities Epcot Francis Albert Sinatra Frank Sinatra Guy B. Wood Guy Wood jazz jazz ensembles jazz saxophones jazz saxophonists musicians My One and Only Love National Public Radio NPR orlando PBS pop music pop standard Public Broadcasting Service radio stations radios Reed reed players Reuben Bloom Robert Mellin Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Emporium Rube Bloom soprano saxophones soprano saxophonists tenor saxophones tenor saxophonists Terry Myers Tommy Dorsey Orchestra UCF University of Central Florida Walt Disney World woodwind players woodwinds WUCF-FM https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/15787dfd68243bc27ed8df5c5359f9ef.mp3 53d55d09c661bc1032338dd0f7d3400f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Jazz Collection Alternative Title Jazz Collection Subject Music--United States Jazz--United States Orlando (Fla.) Description Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of jazz in Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around. The roots of jazz music began in the fields of the American South, as African-American slaves sang “call-and-response” work songs and “spirituals” to help them get through the brutal hours of forced labor. As Europeans immigrated to American cities in the late 19th century, they brought their musical traditions with them, and soon African-American musicians, such as Ernest Hogan and Scott Joplin, combined these styles with polyrhythmic African music, creating ragtime. New Orleans was an especially diverse cultural melting pot and became a place for musical experimentation by the early 1910s. European music merged with blues, folk, marching band music, and ragtime, creating a new genre called “jazz.” By the 1920s, the First Great Migration brought millions of African Americans to the urban Northeast and Midwest. Young, white Americans became enamored with jazz and blues music and the genre was soon being played on radio stations, at dancehalls, and in homes across the country. New York City, Kansas City, and Chicago began to establish their own styles of jazz. Big band swing became the most popular style of American music in the 1930s and 1940s. The most definitive feature of jazz is improvisation. The Great Depression forced many bands to cut down in size, leaving more space for intricate melodies and room for exploration. Bebop, which emerged in New York in the early 1940s, was aimed at a listening audience, rather than a dancing one, and became known as “musician’s music.” Bebop paved the way for Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz in the 1950s, when musicians, such as Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington, incorporated Latin rhythms by playing with Cuban musicians in New York. The popularity of rock music in the 1960s and 1970s led to jazz-rock fusion, which combined improvisation with rock rhythms and amplified instruments. By the 1980s, smooth jazz emerged, creating a commercial form of the genre that drew criticism from many purists, who felt that the musicians were more concerned with making money than creating art with substance. Although Florida might not be as closely associated with jazz as cities like New Orleans, Chicago, and New York City, it has made significant contributions nonetheless. Afro-Cuban jazz developed simultaneously in New York City and Havana in the early 1940s, and Florida’s Cuban immigrants had a profound cultural impact on areas like Miami and Tampa. Since its foundation in 1979, the annual Jacksonville Jazz Festival has become one of the most popular jazz festivals in the country, featuring some of the top names in the genre, such as Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Count Basie, George Benson, and Herbie Hancock. The Clearwater Jazz Holiday began around the same time and has also evolved into a major international jazz festival. In addition to the legendary Sam Rivers, who moved to Orlando in the early 1990s and continued to perform until his death in 2011, Florida has been the home to a number of prominent jazz musicians, including Cedric Wallace, Ira Sullivan, George Tucker, Nathen Page, Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis, Jackie Davis, Rich Matteson, Jeff Rupert, and the University of Central Florida’s Jazz Professors. Contributor <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a> Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/140" target="_blank">Central Florida Music History Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida. Type Collection Coverage Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club, Deauville Beach Resort, Miami Beach, Florida DeLand, Florida Young Musicians Camp, University of Miami, Miami, Florida WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Curator Cepero, Laura Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> External Reference Alkyer, Frank. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/319491298" target="_blank"> DownBeat--the Great Jazz Interviews: A 75th Anniversary Anthology</a>. New York: Hal Leonard, 2009. Gioia, Ted. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36245922" target="_blank">The History of Jazz</a>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Ward, Geoffrey C., and Ken Burns. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42404676" target="_blank">Jazz: A History of America's Music</a>. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Sound/Podcast A resource whose content is primarily intended to be rendered as audio. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title "Strike Up the Band" by Terry Myers Alternative Title "Strike Up the Band" by Myers Subject Orlando (Fla.) Music--United States Jazz--United States Pop music Description An audio recording of "Strike Up the Band," composed by George Gershwin (1898-1937) and Ira Gershwin (1896-1983), and performed by Terry Myers live on-air on WUCF-FM on August 14, 2006. Myers is a reed player from Iowa who developed a successful career in Nashville, Tennessee, and New York before moving to Central Florida, where he became a band leader at Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park and the band leader at Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Emporium at Church Street Station in Orlando. Myers has played at jazz festivals across the United States, Europe, and Asia, and is currently the director of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Brothers George and Ira Gershwin composed "Strike Up the Band" in 1927 for a musical of the same name. Although the musical was unsuccessful, the song became popular. Type Sound Source Original 5-minute and 44-second audio recording: Gershwin, George and Ira Gershwin. "Strike Up the Band," by Terry Myers: <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a>, Orlando, Florida, August 14, 2006. Requires Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank"> QuickTime</a>. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/141" target="_blank">Jazz Collection</a>, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida Coverage WUCF-FM, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Creator Gershwin, George Gershwin, Ira Publisher <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a> Contributor Myers, Terry Date Created 2006-08-14 Date Issued 2006-08-14 Date Copyrighted 2006-08-14 Format audio/mp3 Extent 5.25 MB Medium 5-minute and 44-second audio recording Mediator History Teacher Humanities Teacher Music Teacher Provenance Originally created by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, performed by Terry Myers, and published by <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a>. Rights Holder Copyright to this resource is held by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only. Accrual Method Donation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a> External Reference "<a href="http://www.buddymorrowproductions.com/terry-meyers.html" target="_blank">Meet Terry Myers</a>." BuddyMorrowProductions.com. http://www.buddymorrowproductions.com/terry-meyers.html (accessed March 10, 2015). 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Title Jazz Collection Alternative Title Jazz Collection Subject Music--United States Jazz--United States Orlando (Fla.) Description Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of jazz in Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around. The roots of jazz music began in the fields of the American South, as African-American slaves sang “call-and-response” work songs and “spirituals” to help them get through the brutal hours of forced labor. As Europeans immigrated to American cities in the late 19th century, they brought their musical traditions with them, and soon African-American musicians, such as Ernest Hogan and Scott Joplin, combined these styles with polyrhythmic African music, creating ragtime. New Orleans was an especially diverse cultural melting pot and became a place for musical experimentation by the early 1910s. European music merged with blues, folk, marching band music, and ragtime, creating a new genre called “jazz.” By the 1920s, the First Great Migration brought millions of African Americans to the urban Northeast and Midwest. Young, white Americans became enamored with jazz and blues music and the genre was soon being played on radio stations, at dancehalls, and in homes across the country. New York City, Kansas City, and Chicago began to establish their own styles of jazz. Big band swing became the most popular style of American music in the 1930s and 1940s. The most definitive feature of jazz is improvisation. The Great Depression forced many bands to cut down in size, leaving more space for intricate melodies and room for exploration. Bebop, which emerged in New York in the early 1940s, was aimed at a listening audience, rather than a dancing one, and became known as “musician’s music.” Bebop paved the way for Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz in the 1950s, when musicians, such as Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington, incorporated Latin rhythms by playing with Cuban musicians in New York. The popularity of rock music in the 1960s and 1970s led to jazz-rock fusion, which combined improvisation with rock rhythms and amplified instruments. By the 1980s, smooth jazz emerged, creating a commercial form of the genre that drew criticism from many purists, who felt that the musicians were more concerned with making money than creating art with substance. Although Florida might not be as closely associated with jazz as cities like New Orleans, Chicago, and New York City, it has made significant contributions nonetheless. Afro-Cuban jazz developed simultaneously in New York City and Havana in the early 1940s, and Florida’s Cuban immigrants had a profound cultural impact on areas like Miami and Tampa. Since its foundation in 1979, the annual Jacksonville Jazz Festival has become one of the most popular jazz festivals in the country, featuring some of the top names in the genre, such as Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Count Basie, George Benson, and Herbie Hancock. The Clearwater Jazz Holiday began around the same time and has also evolved into a major international jazz festival. In addition to the legendary Sam Rivers, who moved to Orlando in the early 1990s and continued to perform until his death in 2011, Florida has been the home to a number of prominent jazz musicians, including Cedric Wallace, Ira Sullivan, George Tucker, Nathen Page, Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis, Jackie Davis, Rich Matteson, Jeff Rupert, and the University of Central Florida’s Jazz Professors. Contributor <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a> Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/140" target="_blank">Central Florida Music History Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida. Type Collection Coverage Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club, Deauville Beach Resort, Miami Beach, Florida DeLand, Florida Young Musicians Camp, University of Miami, Miami, Florida WUCF-TV, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Curator Cepero, Laura Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> External Reference Alkyer, Frank. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/319491298" target="_blank"> DownBeat--the Great Jazz Interviews: A 75th Anniversary Anthology</a>. New York: Hal Leonard, 2009. Gioia, Ted. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36245922" target="_blank">The History of Jazz</a>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Ward, Geoffrey C., and Ken Burns. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42404676" target="_blank">Jazz: A History of America's Music</a>. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Sound/Podcast A resource whose content is primarily intended to be rendered as audio. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title "Gone With the Wind" by Terry Myers Alternative Title "Gone With the Wind" by Myers Subject Orlando (Fla.) Music--United States Jazz--United States Pop music Description An audio recording of "Gone with the Wind," composed by Allie Wrubel (1905-1973) with lyrics by Herb Magidson (1906-1986), and performed by Terry Myers live on-air on WUCF-FM on August 14, 2006. Myers is a reed player from Iowa who developed a successful career in Nashville, Tennessee, and New York before moving to Central Florida, where he became a band leader at Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park and the band leader at Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Emporium at Church Street Station in Orlando. Myers has played at jazz festivals across the United States, Europe, and Asia, and is currently the director of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. "Gone with the Wind" is a pop standard written by Wrubel and Magidson in 1937. It was a number one song for Horace Heidt (1901-1986) that same year, and recorded by numerous artists over the next several decades. Type Sound Source Original 5-minute and 26-second audio recording: Wrubel, Allie and Herb Magidson. "Gone With the Wind," by Terry Myers: <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a>, Orlando, Florida, August 14, 2006. Requires Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank"> QuickTime</a>. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/141" target="_blank">Jazz Collection</a>, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida Coverage WUCF-FM, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Creator Wrubel, Allie Magidson, Herb Publisher <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a> Contributor Myers, Terry Date Created 2006-08-14 Date Issued 2006-08-14 Date Copyrighted 2006-08-14 Format audio/mp3 Extent 4.98 MB Medium 5-minute and 26-second audio recording Mediator History Teacher Humanities Teacher Music Teacher Provenance Originally created by Allie Wrubel and Herb Magidson, performed by Terry Myers, and published by <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a>. Rights Holder Copyright to this resource is held by Allie Wrubel and Herb Magidson and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only. Accrual Method Donation Curator Cravero, Geoffrey Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://wucf.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">WUCF-FM</a> External Reference "<a href="http://www.buddymorrowproductions.com/terry-meyers.html" target="_blank">Meet Terry Myers</a>." BuddyMorrowProductions.com. http://www.buddymorrowproductions.com/terry-meyers.html (accessed March 10, 2015). Allie Wrubel CAH Church Street Station College of Arts and Humanities Elias Paul Wrubel Epcot Francis Albert Sinatra Frank Sinatra Gone With the Wind Herb Magidson Herbert A. 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